Full Freeview on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 620,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) mast?
Rowridge transmitter - Rowridge transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 29/04/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Rowridge transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Rowridge transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 26km north (354°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 24km north-northeast (20°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
Are there any self-help relays?
| Portsmouth Docks | Transposer | 2 km N city centre | 50 homes Estimate. Group of houses' |
How will the Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 2 May 2018 | ||||
| VHF | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | W T | ||||
| C3 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C21 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C22 | +ArqA | ArqA | |||||||
| C24 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C25 | SDN | SDN | |||||||
| C27 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C28 | ArqB | ArqB | |||||||
| C29 | LSO | ||||||||
| C31 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | com7 | |||||
| C37 | com8 | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | com7tv_off | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | COM8tv_off |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
| PSB1||, PSB1≡, PSB2||, PSB2≡, PSB3||, PSB3≡ | (-4dB) 200kW | |
| COM4≡, COM4||, COM5≡, COM5||, COM6≡, COM6|| | (-10dB) 50kW | |
| com7≡ | (-13.1dB) 24.4kW | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-14dB) 20kW | |
| com8≡ | (-14.3dB) 18.4kW | |
| LSO≡ | (-17dB) 10kW |
Local transmitter maps
Rowridge Freeview Rowridge DAB Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Monday, 15 August 2011
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jb389:22 AM
G. Chalmers: And just to add what Briantist has correctly stated, as dependant on the number of the proposed turbines involved, should they be anywhere near (and not necessarily exactly in) a straight line between the transmitter and you then they have the potential to devastate the signal being received.
This was a major problem a few years ago for quite a few hundred people in the East Kilbride (and further afield) areas of Scotland, as a large wind farm was constructed roughly between them and the transmitter and was something that rapidly caused widespread complaints, the only way the problem was eventually resolved was with the power company involved issuing numerous households with Freesat boxes at no costs to themselves, needless to say this gesture not necessarily being graciously received by people who used a few TV's in their houses.
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jb38: I'm not sure about Scottish law, but under the English planning regulations, if a new development causes loss of TV reception, the developer is required for "make good" to those homes that lose their signal.
There is no reason in English planning law for this "make good" to be limited to a single television set, or fail to provide recorders for those who can demonstrate they already have one.
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jb384:17 PM
Briantist: An interesting point! and something I will make some enquiries about to a few of my contacts up in that area, all I remember from the time though was that the householders who were recipients of these Freesat boxes were up to a point given the impression that this was being done as a goodwill measure by the company involved, that said though quite a few of them of the more forceful variety did kick up about it, but I don't really know whether or not it done them any good.
With regards to what you have mentioned of "making good" under English planning law, even although I fully agree with what you say I suppose it really comes down to the intended definition of this clause by whoever decided upon it, as I can see that as being a legally arguable point from people who consider themselves as being on the losing side, these basically being the ones with multiple TV's, as I am aware the no-cost issue of a Freesat box to single TV housholds was to some of the people in the East Kilbride district considered as a bit of a bonus by them, as their reception wasn't that good to start off with, the Whitelee's fiasco providing an excellent opportunity for a "free" upgrade!
Of course the Scottish type of situation is bound to crop up at some point in time here in England, and when it does I will be watching with interest.
(That is unless its already been tested out in the courts!)
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jb38: According to http://licensing.ofcom.or….pdf :
"Local Planning Authorities can take into account the impact of a development on [broadcast and] wireless services when considering planning applications and can choose to put proportionate conditions on developers to provide a remedy if appropriate" ... under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 [in England and Wales], section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 [in Scotland] or section 40 of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 [in Northern Ireland]."
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011
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Mark12:16 PM
Poole
Here at Poole we have a number of properties that cannot receive channels 30 & 31 from Rowridge. My aerial installer has been on the roof of a 10 storey block to test the aerial directly and still cannot receive those 2 mux's. However at Parkstone & Wallisdown areas we can receive all mux's from Rowridge. I know there is transmitter works but I cannot understand the complete loss of ch30 and ch31. Any ideas?
Postcode is BH15 2AX but applies to many areas with postcodes of BH15 1.. or BH15 2..
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb381:08 PM
Briantist: Thanks for the link Brian, the PDF being stored away for future reference as it makes interesting reading, especially from section 4 onwards.
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Mike Dimmick3:08 PM
Poole
Mark: To confirm, do you mean Multiplex A on C30 and BBC One analogue on C31, or do you mean LCN 30 "5*" and LCN 31 "5 USA"?
If you can't get 5* and 5 USA, but you can get LCN 10 "ITV3", the problem is most likely to be in the box itself - do a full reset/full retune/first-time installation.
If it is a problem on the actual frequencies, either there is something in the area also transmitting on C30 - perhaps a Sky box whose RF output has been set to this channel, or another device with an RF modulator such as a VCR - or simply low coverage.
The Digital UK trade predictor shows good reception on Mux A - C30 - at your postcode BH15 2BU, but poor at BH15 2AX. It looks like line-of-sight to the transmitter is blocked by higher ground at 2AX than at 2BU, which could explain the problem a little, although the other multiplexes aren't shown as significantly different.
The engineering work is to build a new mast, which has been erected to the west of the transmitter. I wouldn't expect the tiny difference in direction to have much difference between the two sites, though.
Is your installer orienting the aerial with horizontal polarization, rods going side-to-side? You're expected to get better results from vertical polarization AFTER switchover completes, but only after 18 April next year. Right now Rowridge transmits nothing on vertical polarization.
You should get very good analogue signals from the Poole relay, but it won't start broadcasting digital until 7 March and will then be a 'Freeview Light' transmitter, not broadcasting the commercial multiplexes at all.
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Jeff11:43 PM
Been no TV signal at all for at least an hour. That's Digital and Terrestrial. Is there any issue with Rowridge?
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Jeff11:48 PM
Chichester
PO20 2GY
Sorry, in addition to my last post. i forgot to add my postcode.
There is nothing at all coming across the airways :(
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